After graduating from University of HOSEI, majoring in Human & Environment Science, Takehito Akima worked for several foreign IT-companies, and currently works with Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC., as a IT-Auditor in ERS(Enterprise Risk Services) fields. His experience with forein-affiliated companies has provided various opportunities to realize the value of diversity and inclusion, which he also enjoyed through his life at guest house with foreign people. While studing at University he supported athletes as a performance and career coach. Takehito is also an amateur athlete, finishing the Marathon of the Sands that is referred to as the world's toughest with a 230km desert course to be completed in a week.